how do you handle things like overtesting? i mean, it seems like that should not be a problem. but the idea seems almost to extreme. >> it is likely biopsy companies. it has yet to work. but basically being able to detect cancer the moment you have it or even predicting it by sampling your blood, we do not have that capability at the we knowl challenges what we need to do to get there, and so i am very confident that this technology will exist and we hope we will be the developers on it. but we know it is a very high-risk proposition. emily: what about gene editing? at what point do we have to start talking about the ethical issues of this technology? >> it is never too early to talk about it. the reality is that we can edit jeans right now. genes. we have invested in a number of companies. there is a flip side to that coin. there are scary things about new technology, fire could be scary because it could burn on your house but gene editing could be scary for all of the things you are imagining but at the same time it could be used to care with cysticdren fibrosis. i think the

failed policies of no child left behind, the senate made a choice to move away from the era of overtested bubble kids and toward an era of well-rounded multiskilled high school graduates. so i'm glad to see that on the senate help committee, the labor and pensions committee, they are working hard on a proposal to reauthorize this career and technical education program known as the perkins law. the last time it was reauthorized was in 2006, so i'm going to work closely with my colleagues there on both sides of the aisle to keep pushing for a new bill. the fact is the educators i saw last week are ambitious by any measure. they saw that their students were not graduating with the skills necessary to be successful in their future school and work lives. local educators started partnerships with architects and engineers and other professionals. they created a unique program that blends innovative classroom instruction with real-world application. there we have got businesses directly engaging with young people, showing them not just what kinds of jobs are available in the community but also pr